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Brigid

(17,621 posts)
Fri Sep 20, 2013, 07:56 PM Sep 2013

Watching "The Blues Brothers" again.

My DVD includes deleted scenes. The day after Jake gets out of jail, he goes to his job at some sort spray-can factory and tells his boss he is quitting because he's going to become a priest!

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Watching "The Blues Brothers" again. (Original Post) Brigid Sep 2013 OP
That job is where he got the spray glue he used on the Good Old Boys Winnebago. bluesbassman Sep 2013 #1
Oh. Brigid Sep 2013 #3
Orange whip? zappaman Sep 2013 #2
I didn't know orange whips had alcohol in them. Brigid Sep 2013 #4
According to wiki the story behind that is interesting... Locut0s Sep 2013 #16
whoa... zappaman Sep 2013 #17
great movie jessie04 Sep 2013 #5
"We're on a mission from God." Wounded Bear Sep 2013 #6
I must see if my DVD has those deleted scenes. GoCubsGo Sep 2013 #7
"You get my cheese whiz, boy?" nt Incitatus Sep 2013 #8
I was surprised to see Carrie Fisher in it jakeXT Sep 2013 #9
There are three versions of this movie jmowreader Sep 2013 #10
Well I'll be. I had no Idea all that existed. I guess I've only seen the theatrical cut. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2013 #13
I forgot to mention the third version... jmowreader Sep 2013 #14
I hate Illinois Nazis. cyberswede Sep 2013 #11
funny movie with a great soundtrack madrchsod Sep 2013 #12
Sad romantico Sep 2013 #15
Note well that he steals the glue from the factory. JVS Sep 2013 #18
Yeah, they really shouldn't have cut that scene. Brigid Sep 2013 #19

bluesbassman

(19,366 posts)
1. That job is where he got the spray glue he used on the Good Old Boys Winnebago.
Fri Sep 20, 2013, 08:25 PM
Sep 2013

Great movie, one of my favorites.

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
16. According to wiki the story behind that is interesting...
Sun Sep 22, 2013, 04:01 AM
Sep 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Whip#The_Blues_Brothers

Well kind of mundane actually, but it's interesting they wrote that in for that particular reason

GoCubsGo

(32,078 posts)
7. I must see if my DVD has those deleted scenes.
Sat Sep 21, 2013, 12:30 PM
Sep 2013

That is one of my favorite movies. I might have to watch it again this afternoon.

jmowreader

(50,546 posts)
10. There are three versions of this movie
Sat Sep 21, 2013, 01:48 PM
Sep 2013

The first is the Theatrical Cut. It's the one we're all familiar with.

The second is the Extended Cut, which Brigid's DVD contains; the Blu-ray has both. In addition to the glue factory scene (it's Elwood that quits his job; Jake's been in prison for three years), the entire jail-release sequence is there, the scene where you learn how the Bluesmobile gets its superpowers is there, the nun's explanation of where the "missions" she'll be sent to if the orphanage closes is there, Morrie Sline telling Jake the old blues clubs they used to play are now discos is there, Carrie Fisher telling Jake she's going to kill him because her father used up his last favors with the Mafia to get the limos for their wedding is there...

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,318 posts)
13. Well I'll be. I had no Idea all that existed. I guess I've only seen the theatrical cut.
Sun Sep 22, 2013, 01:01 AM
Sep 2013

I've seen the movie a gazillion times.

jmowreader

(50,546 posts)
14. I forgot to mention the third version...
Sun Sep 22, 2013, 01:57 AM
Sep 2013

The "made for television" version is the theatrical version with the obscenities removed, so Jake tells The Penguin "it looks like you're up the creek" and stuff like that - which completely destroys the whole joke; why would The Penguin beat anyone for saying "the creek"?

romantico

(5,062 posts)
15. Sad
Sun Sep 22, 2013, 02:35 AM
Sep 2013

Sad, but they don't make comedies like this anymore. I was too young to see this in the theater when it came out but remember watching it with my older brother when it was on network TV for the first time. Never get tired of this movie. What's amazing is to watch some of these movies from 70's and 80's today that were rated R. An R rated movie back then would be a PG movie today.Blues Brothers got an R rating I think mostly due to language. What I also loved about this movie were the musical numbers. A movie like this could not be made today.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
19. Yeah, they really shouldn't have cut that scene.
Sun Sep 22, 2013, 01:31 PM
Sep 2013

Without it, we don't know where the glue came from all of a sudden.

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